About Our Chapter
My name is Tara Chapman Johnson. If you know me….you know I love Chicktime. I have volunteered and led workshops for all the local chapters and just feel so at home when I am serving kids in the foster care system. I joined the leadership for this chapter in July of 2021 when the need was HUGE! The chapter was going to have to close if a team wasn’t found So I became the Managing leader. After things were settled~ I handed the torch for the managing leader role to my very special friend and I remained a co-leader on the team. Well….here I am again taking on the Managing role in May of 2024! I’m saying YES to God calling me to take on the managing leader role again so that the youth at Connections will always and forever have Chicktime activities in their life, but more importantly will always have non-paid people showing up for them and letting them know they matter and not forgotten.
Our chapter meets on the last Monday of every month. We would love to have you join us . Come be part of the healing journey of the youth placed at Connections.
All my love and Hook “Em,
Tara Chapman Johnson
Chicktime New Braunfels Managing Leader
210-313-5908
tj7718@aol.com
Katy started the movement of Chicktime with her mom when she was about 15 years old. Chicktime has always come naturally for her and she loves being with kids and trying to create a little piece of heaven on earth while she is at Chicktime workshop. Katy served on the Chicktime Leadership for Chicktime San Antonio Central and when she moved to the New Braunfels area so joined this leadershop team and she was a natural fit to become the managing leader in October of 2022 when the need arised . She served the chapter so beautifully and lined up a solid team. Her family moved to Kerrville, Texas so she had to step away from leadership.
Tara Chapman Johnson stepped in to lead Chicktime New Braunfels Downtown when a new leadership was needed to keep the chapter going in July of 2021. Once she secured the chapter with her overwhelming love and grace she handed over the reigns of Managing Leader to Katy Burleson and stayed on the leadership team as one of the co-leaders for the chapter. Tara has been dedicated to Chicktime since it was founded and loves every aspect of the mission and what it stands for! She often can be found serving every local chapter in the San Antonio /New Braunfels/Canyon Lake and Boerne area. Tara believes deeply that all children need love and positive attention and that is why she gives so generously to Chicktime as a leader of Chicktime New Braunfels Downtown and a volunteer to all of the other local chapters.
Brittney Ferguson led the chapter with the branch serving at SJRC (young mother program) from 2019-2023 when SJRC closed the campus location Brittney and her team served. Brittney was drawn to make when she became a mom and realized how unexpectedly hard it was. As she adjusted and grew, she felt God calling her to serve other young mothers. She is passionate about helping young women who are struggling with the obstacles life has thrown at them and letting them know how much they are loved and valued.
Chapter Founder: Deborah Smith
Deborah Smith was the founder and first managing leader of Chicktime New Braunfels. She joined the Chicktime family in 2018 as the Founding Chapter Leader of Chicktime New Braunfels at SJRC Texas. She felt God had a special place for her to devote her time and energy and had a calling to start another Chapter in New Braunfels at Connections in 2019. Deborah moved away from Chicktime leadership to take care of family, but occasionally comes back to volunteer.
